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BLACK METAL BRUNCH: THE MORE YOU HATE, THE STRONGER I BECOME

Drexophilious Vasektomy — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 13:29:39 +0000

HATE IS A SPIRITUAL FLUID. IT COLLECTS IN THE RAG WRAPPED TIGHT AROUND THE DRIPPING WARRIOR STUMP (#NOTAEUPHEMISM!!), AND PRESENTS ITSELF GREY, CHUNKED AND #HAIRYTANGLED ON THE BOTTOM OF A COMMON #SWIFFER®. HATE IS IN THE TREES AND THE AIR, SHITTING ON US FROM WOODY HEIGHTS, AND THEN INFECTING OUR AIRWAYS WITH CARCINOGENIC PARTICIBLES. HATE [...]

IN WHICH WE TOOK YEARBOOK PHOTOS

Axl Rosenberg — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 21:00:27 +0000

Say, who’s that happy looking adolescent? By the way, have you signed up for our email list? It’s the awesomest way to stay up-to-date on all things MetalSucks, and we promise not to spam you. And don’t forget to follow us on Facebook and on Twitter. You can also just friend me or friend Vince, or follow me [...]

QUESTION OF THE WEEK: $100 MILLION TO JOIN A BAND

MetalSucks — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 20:30:14 +0000

Banner by Cysquatch In America, Monday was spent in holiday sloth while the rest of Earth (except Italy) did productive stuff, so it kinda doesn’t feel like Friday already. For this short week, we present a fun new MetalSucks Question Of The Week, a (sorta) weekly survey of our staff on a recent hot-button issue that’s rocking our [...]

NACHTMYSTIUM’S “SILENCING MACHINE” IS NOT SILENT

Axl Rosenberg — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 20:00:36 +0000

Well, here’s a terrific way to kick off your weekend: Pitchfork is now streaming the title track from the new Nachtmystium album, Silencing Machine. It’s your first chance to hear some new material from the band’s latest release. And if you’re one of those folks who hated the Black Meddle albums, you should be pleased to [...]

THE GUNS N’ ROSES REUNION THAT REALLY MATTERS

Axl Rosenberg — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 19:20:29 +0000

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Slash and Axl Rose were not the Page and Plant of Guns N’ Roses — Izzy Stradlin and Axl Rose were. Yes, Slash’s guitar playing is unique, his tone perfect, but at the end of the day, he’s basically one of the most talented session players [...]

GET SUPER-FREAKY AND PROGGY AND JAZZY AND METALLY WITH MÖRGLBL

Vince Neilstein — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 18:40:41 +0000

Super-freaky proggy jazz-fusion wizards Mörglbl are going to twist up your testes. In a good way! Of course, super-freaky proggy jazz-fusion is all over the place this year: T.R.A.M., Trioscapes, Felix Martin and now Mörglbl. I guess the musical climate in 2012 is just right for this kind of music to attract attention. This is actually Mörglbl’s 6th [...]

IS TRAVIS RICHTER RE-JOINING THE HUMAN ABSTRACT?

Axl Rosenberg — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 18:00:29 +0000

We’ve known for awhile now that The Human Abstract are not broken-up, and will be touring Europe this summer. What we haven’t known is who would be handling vocal duties — although we assumed it was gonna be Corelia’s Ryan Devlin, who filled-in following the departure of Travis Richter last year. But new evidence suggests that Richter may, [...]

BREAKING: OFFICER ACCUSED OF ASSAULTING ANIMALS AS LEADERS HAS PRIOR HISTORY OF ABUSE

Axl Rosenberg — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 17:06:50 +0000

photo by Patrick Whittemore Update, 2:44 pm: According to Animals as Leaders’ management, Cooley was NOT the arresting officer although he was present at the scene. Original story follows… This morning, we learned, rather upsettingly, that members of Animals as Leaders were recently assaulted by officers in the Boston Police Department, and that at least [...]

UNSIGNED AND UNHOLY: ERRATA, RESERVE DE MARCH, THE OBSERVER

Vince Neilstein — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 16:40:03 +0000

Little known fact: June 1st is an international holiday called “Listen to an Unsigned Band Day.” So do your good deed for the day and listen to Errata, Reserve de March, or the Observer… or do a triple mitzvah and listen to all three. Errata: Reminds me of the stuff Mike Patton recorded with The [...]

THIS IS WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE WHEN JESSE LEACH SINGS HOWARD JONES-ERA KILLSWITCH ENGAGE

Axl Rosenberg — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 16:00:12 +0000

Ever since Jesse Leach re-joined Killswitch Engage, there have been two big questions on the minds of fans: 1) Will Leach enable KsE to finally make another killer album, and 2) What will it sound like when Leach sings songs from the Howard Jones era? Well, now we have the answer to the second question [...]

CALL ME NO ONE’S “PLEASED TO MEET ME”: THE BEST SONG FOO FIGHTERS NEVER WROTE

Vince Neilstein — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 15:20:05 +0000

Call Me No One’s debut album Last Parade is really, really good. If it sounds like the members of Sevendust wrote a Foo Fighters album, as Axl remarked to me earlier today, that’s because the two main contributing members of Sevendust — guitarist Clint Lowery and Fifteenth Best Modern Metal Drummer Morgan Rose – basically did just that. [...]

ANIMALS AS LEADERS ASSAULTED BY BOSTON POLICE

Axl Rosenberg — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 14:51:05 +0000

Update, 1:09 pm: The officer in question is apparently named Rance Cooley, and he has a history of using excessive force, as well as lying in court to get convictions when he has insufficient evidence. More details here. Second Update, 2:44 pm: According to Animals as Leaders’ management, Cooley was NOT the arresting officer although he [...]

WILL YOU GO SEE MORBID ANGEL ON TOUR?

Axl Rosenberg — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 14:40:00 +0000

Morbid Angel have announced their first North American headlining tour in six years, and I can say with 100% sincerity that I am totally curious what the turn-out will be like. Do enough people not care about Ilud Whatever the Fuck to go see this band, even though they’re guaranteed to play at least a few [...]

FULL TOUR ITINERARY FOR DEVIN TOWNSEND/KATATONIA/PARADISE LOST/YOUR BONER TREK!!!

Axl Rosenberg — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 14:00:07 +0000

So hey like remember last week when Vince posted what were the first two rumored dates for a tour with Devin Townsend, Katatonia, and Paradise Lost? Well, we have the full tour itinerary, and they’re not rumored dates anymore. This tour is happening for really real! Devy and Katatonia will co-headline with Paradise Lost acting [...]

GRAND SLAMS: INSANE FROWN POSSE

Seth Hecox — Thu, 31 May 2012 21:00:59 +0000

Ok, I give up. In fact, everyone should just give up. What have we learned in the last couple weeks of MLB? We’ve learned that everyone gets injured in every way, all the time. If it’s not Doug Fister getting injured for the second time in our short season, then it’s Matt Kemp making his [...]

PHOTO CAPTION CONTEST: WIN ELECTRIC WIZARD, GRAND MAGUS AND FATES WARNING CDs

Vince Neilstein — Thu, 31 May 2012 20:30:00 +0000

Last week we gave away a Primitive Weapons’ t-shirt and their slammin’ new jam The Shadow Gallery in our weekly Photo Caption Contest. The photo at right was taken by MS reader Bonesnapper from Ross Sewage of Ghoul’s Facebook page and is purportedly of his mom; pretty righteous, way more metal than my mom would [...]

FEAR, EMPTINESS, DECIBEL: RECOLLECTIONS OF TOURING BEHIND DYING FETUS’ DESTROY THE OPPOSITION

Andrew Bonazelli — Thu, 31 May 2012 20:00:40 +0000

Before there were blogs there were these things called magazines, and the only metal magazine we still get excited about reading every month is Decibel. Here’s managing editor Andrew Bonazelli… The Wire mainstreamed the notion of Baltimore as a third world demilitarized zone, but Dying Fetus have been giving the state of Murderland a (very) bad name [...]

CHRIS JERICHO OF FOZZY DISCUSSES HIS FAVORITE CENTURY MEDIA BANDS

Sergeant D — Thu, 31 May 2012 19:30:08 +0000

As u may know, Chris Jericho is not only a popular professional wrestler but the vocalist for GED-metal/zakkwyldecore band FOZZY, who recently inked a deal with leading independent music retailer CENTURY MEDIA. In this video, he talks about how excited is he is to be ‘in the big leagues,’ and how inspiring it is to [...]

OF BREATH AND BONE: STREAM THE EPIC NEW BE’LAKOR ALBUM

Axl Rosenberg — Thu, 31 May 2012 19:00:27 +0000

Shame on me! Even though I once praised Australia’s Be’lakor “the best unsigned band in metal,” I didn’t get around to actually checking out their new release, Of Breath and Bone, until the band released the full-album stream today via YouTube. Man oh man, is this ever some truly epic shit or what? If you dig [...]

WAIT WHAT IS GOING ON WITH QUEENSRYCHE?

Anso DF — Thu, 31 May 2012 18:30:08 +0000

Brb barfing into a potted palm It’s been ages since Queensryche fans could show their faces in public. Shit has been so uncomfortably weird for so long — and not Tool-video weird (i.e. cool) or Dave Mustaine-interview uncomfortable (fun). Just gross and ugly. Let’s see, in recent years there were cabaret-style tours that featured busty [...]